Cat starts house fire Tuesday

MARCUS TANTILLO

Published 6:00 pm, Wednesday, November 24, 2004

The home was located on Forest Lake and Lakeview police received a call from a neighbor that the home was on fire.

The Pasadena fire department has a contract to provide fire suppression for the area, which is out of the Pasadena city limits. Bill Yearout, Pasadena fire marshal,.said the fire marshal's office investigates fires when they are asked to by the Lakeview Police Department.

Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire before it spread out of the bedroom where it started.

The fire is believed to have been caused by a cat that knocked over a lamp in the bedroom. The lamp was on at the time, and when the it was knocked over and it is believed to have fallen on a chair, according to Yearout. He said the lamp caught material on the chair on fire. The cat was able to get away from the fire, Yearout said.

The fire damaged furniture in the bedroom but did not get out of the room, Yearout said. He said there was smoke damage throughout the house, but the fire did not cause structural damage to the home.

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There were no reported injuries, according to Yearout. The fire has been ruled accidental, he added.